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WIN10_VDA_E5Windows 10/11 Enterprise E5

WIN10_VDA_E5 is the SKU part number Microsoft uses for Windows 10/11 Enterprise E5. You'll see it in Graph, PowerShell, licence reports and group-based licensing errors.

Product nameWindows 10/11 Enterprise E5
String ID (SkuPartNumber)WIN10_VDA_E5
GUID (SkuId)488ba24a-39a9-4473-8ee5-19291e71b002
Service plans6

Service plans included (6)

Service planNameID
EXCHANGE_S_FOUNDATIONExchange Foundation113feb6c-3fe4-4440-bddc-54d774bf0318
WINDEFATPMicrosoft Defender For Endpoint871d91ec-ec1a-452b-a83f-bd76c7d770ef
UNIVERSAL_PRINT_01Universal Print795f6fe0-cc4d-4773-b050-5dde4dc704c9
VirtualizationRightsforWindows10(E3/E5+VDA)Windows 10 Enterprise (New)e7c91390-7625-45be-94e0-e16907e03118
WINDOWSUPDATEFORBUSINESS_DEPLOYMENTSERVICEWindows Update for Business Deployment Service7bf960f6-2cd9-443a-8046-5dbff9558365
Windows_AutopatchWindows Autopatch9a6eeb79-0b4b-4bf0-9808-39d99a2cd5a3

Is it in your tenant?

powershell3 lines
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "Organization.Read.All"
Get-MgSubscribedSku | Where-Object SkuPartNumber -eq "WIN10_VDA_E5" |
    Select-Object SkuPartNumber, ConsumedUnits, @{ n = "Purchased"; e = { $_.PrepaidUnits.Enabled } }

Assign it to a user

For more than a handful of people, use group-based licensing instead. The user needs a usage location set first.

powershell3 lines
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.ReadWrite.All"
Set-MgUserLicense -UserId "jane.doe@contoso.com" `
    -AddLicenses @{ SkuId = "488ba24a-39a9-4473-8ee5-19291e71b002" } -RemoveLicenses @()

Who has it?

powershell4 lines
Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read.All"
Get-MgUser -Filter "assignedLicenses/any(x:x/skuId eq 488ba24a-39a9-4473-8ee5-19291e71b002)" `
    -ConsistencyLevel eventual -CountVariable n -All |
    Select-Object DisplayName, UserPrincipalName

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